Days that live in infamy NEW YORK, N.Y.––Kaporos, the chicken-swinging ritual practiced annually by the men of about 130,000 Hassidic Jewish households worldwide, mostly members of the evangelical Chabad sect, will occur during the early morning hours from September 20, 2025 to October 1, 2025, the day immediately preceding Yom Kippur. A week after that […]
“Animal rights” is not a “left” or “right” cause, & never was
Attempts to force “animal rights” into either a “left” or “right” political agenda both miss the point OAKLAND, California––The venerable Eric Mills, among the oldest, longest involved, and still most dynamic of politically left-leaning animal rights activists, was among the first to forward to ANIMALS 24-7 an August 7, 2024 Vox opinion piece entitled “If […]
How Jewish vegan Lewis Gompertz founded animal advocacy
Lewis Gompertz: Philosopher, Activist, Philanthropist, Inventor by Barry Kew Resource Publications c/o Wipf & Stock Publishers 199 W. 8th Ave, Suite #3 Eugene, OR 97401 One might get the impression from practically all conventional histories of the humane and animal rights movements––which Lewis Gompertz: Philosopher, Activist, Philanthropist, Inventor is not––that neither African-Americans, Jews, nor vegans […]
Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79
Karen Davis was a frequent ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist & commentator MACHIPONGO, Virginia––United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, or Karen Davis, PhD., as she always signed her writings, “passed away peacefully on the morning of November 4, 2023 at the United Poultry Concerns sanctuary, surrounded by her beloved birds,” the organization announced, pledging to “continue […]
Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin, 25
Second young activist suicide in six months raises profile of “compassion fatigue” Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin, 25, died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. His death, a shock to hundreds of family, friends, and acquaintances, rekindled an ongoing discussion of depression and suicides among committed activists that had barely simmered down […]
Shimon Shuchat, 22, & Dick Goddard, 89, had animal advocacy in common
New York City activist & Cleveland weather forecaster were each legends in their spheres NEW YORK CITY, CLEVELAND––One of the youngest prominent animal advocates in the Northeastern U.S., Shimon Shuchat, 22, and one of the oldest, Dick Goddard, 89, died a week apart, on July 28 and August 2, 2020, in New York City […]
Did Holocaust imagery convince my vegan rabbi?
by Barbara Kay Activism in a noble “rights” cause has its satisfactions and its frustrations. It feels good to join in solidarity with like-minded people in spreading a righteous message, but it is difficult to accept the frequent reality that most people aren’t paying attention to it. Urgency & shock tactics When the cause is […]